Heart the Lover
American novelist, born 1963.
Heart the Lover is a 2025 novel by Lily King. It was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2026.
On 2 of the 11 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Lily King
- First published
- 2025
- Length
- 272 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, 2026
- British Book Awards Fiction shortlist, 2026
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Love story, Coming of age
Is Heart the Lover worth reading?
2 of the 11 best-of lists it could have made include it: the British Book Awards' Fiction Book of the Year and the Women's Prize for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| British Book Awards: Fiction Book of the Year (winners and shortlists) (The Bookseller, 2026) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Women's Prize for Fiction (winners and shortlists) (Women's Prize Trust, 2026) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of Heart the Lover
The edition we link to is the Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press paperback (2027), 272 pages.
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press (paperback, 2027)
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN
- 9780802168450
How critics, prizes and readers rate Heart the Lover
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 27% of the points available on prize lists, against 0% on critics' lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work